The People’s Climate March is this weekend. Most events are on Saturday 28 November, though there are a few on the 29th. You can check the details of local events (note that there are 4 pages of events – you can move...

Fonterra has a dirty secret it prefers to keep from the world: many of its dairy plants are powered by the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel, coal. Fonterra has made noises about switching to renewable forms of fuel, such as...

Jeanette Fitzsimons writes… Our recent post about Fonterra’s new coal mine seems to have provoked a flurry of denials from Fonterra and Solid Energy. Why so sensitive? Fonterra says their Mangatangi mine is not “on hold”...

Jeanette Fitzsimons writes… Fonterra’s subsidiary Glencoal has put its plans for an open cast mine on SH2 at Mangatangi on hold indefinitely. The local community is celebrating. They worked very hard with submissions on...

Jeanette Fitzsimons follows up her earlier report, Second Elephant Needed at Mangatawhiri: Today there was no elephant, despite the need for two. It just shows how hard it is for unpaid voluntary activists to be there all the...

Today began the second week of hearings on Glencoal’s (a wholly owned coal mining subsidiary of Fonterra’s who sell only to their parent company) application for consents to construct an open cast coal mine on 30 ha of farmland...

Kia Ora all The last month or so has seen a number of revelations on several of our coal fronts. From Solid Energy walking away from the briquetting plant in Southland to ongoing developments for Bathurst Resources’ efforts to...

Fonterra wants to build a new coal mine at Mangatawhiri, near Auckland, and Auckland Coal Action is working with local residents to oppose it. Submissions on the proposed mine are now open and close on Thursday 28 March. Please...

Coal Action Network Aotearoa Newsletter Feb/Mar 2013 Kia Ora Koutou Welcome to the Coal Action Network Aotearoa’s first newsletter for 2013! As you are all very much aware, Solid Energy has gone into freefall. Not only has CEO...